Because we know that the arts often provide an opening door for discussion about hard topics, the Palliative Care Institute at Western Washington University is collaborating with The Bellingham Theater Works (BTW), our local community repertory theater company, to mount a series of plays this summer through the Fairhaven Repertory Theater series.  Each play has a major character who has cancer. 

The third play is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. This play surrounds a family celebrating the sixty-fifth birthday of their patriarch, Big Daddy, as they have sentimentally dubbed him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, as a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hope as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.

The Palliative Care Institute will be hosting an audience 'talk-back' after the Sunday, July 21st performance.  

Click on the Learn More link to find out about ticket prices and availability.

Because we know that the arts often provide an opening door for discussion about hard topics, the Palliative Care Institute at Western Washington University is collaborating with The Bellingham Theater Works (BTW), our local community repertory theater company, to mount a series of plays this summer through the Fairhaven Repertory Theater series.  Each play has a major character who has cancer. 

The third play is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. This play surrounds a family celebrating the sixty-fifth birthday of their patriarch, Big Daddy, as they have sentimentally dubbed him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, as a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hope as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.

The Palliative Care Institute will be hosting an audience 'talk-back' after the Sunday, July 21st performance.  

Click on the Learn More link to find out about ticket prices and availability.

Because we know that the arts often provide an opening door for discussion about hard topics, the Palliative Care Institute at Western Washington University is collaborating with The Bellingham Theater Works (BTW), our local community repertory theater company, to mount a series of plays this summer through the Fairhaven Repertory Theater series.  Each play has a major character who has cancer. 

The third play is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. This play surrounds a family celebrating the sixty-fifth birthday of their patriarch, Big Daddy, as they have sentimentally dubbed him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, as a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hope as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.

The Palliative Care Institute will be hosting an audience 'talk-back' after the Sunday, July 21st performance.  

Click on the Learn More link to find out about ticket prices and availability.

Because we know that the arts often provide an opening door for discussion about hard topics, the Palliative Care Institute at Western Washington University is collaborating with The Bellingham Theater Works (BTW), our local community repertory theater company, to mount a series of plays this summer through the Fairhaven Repertory Theater series.  Each play has a major character who has cancer. 

The third play is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. This play surrounds a family celebrating the sixty-fifth birthday of their patriarch, Big Daddy, as they have sentimentally dubbed him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, as a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desperate hope as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.

The Palliative Care Institute will be hosting an audience 'talk-back' after the Sunday, July 21st performance.  

Click on the Learn More link to find out about ticket prices and availability.

Tessa Whitlock is a certified Advance Care Planning facilitator who leads workshops throughout our region. ACP facilitators are instrumental in guiding participants through completion of an Advance Directive that is consistent with their healthcare goals, values, and beliefs.

This thought- provoking, interactive workshop is for all adults age 18 and older. Advance care planning puts your voice at the center of your health care.

September 17, 6:30PM, United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington Street,
Ferndale

September 21, 12:00PM, First Congregational Church, 2034 Washington
Street, Ferndale

September 22, 2:00PM, The Willows, 3115 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

FREE notary service is offered for those who complete their Advance Directive in the workshop.

The Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest advance directive document is used in this workshop. INFO: www.honoringchoicespnw.org

Tessa Whitlock is a certified Advance Care Planning facilitator who leads workshops throughout our region. ACP facilitators are instrumental in guiding participants through completion of an Advance Directive that is consistent with their healthcare goals, values, and beliefs.

This thought- provoking, interactive workshop is for all adults age 18 and older. Advance care planning puts your voice at the center of your health care.

September 17, 6:30PM, United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington Street,
Ferndale

September 21, 12:00PM, First Congregational Church, 2034 Washington
Street, Ferndale

September 22, 2:00PM, The Willows, 3115 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

FREE notary service is offered for those who complete their Advance Directive in the workshop.

The Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest advance directive document is used in this workshop. INFO: www.honoringchoicespnw.org

Tessa Whitlock is a certified Advance Care Planning facilitator who leads workshops throughout our region. ACP facilitators are instrumental in guiding participants through completion of an Advance Directive that is consistent with their healthcare goals, values, and beliefs.

This thought- provoking, interactive workshop is for all adults age 18 and older. Advance care planning puts your voice at the center of your health care.

September 17, 6:30PM, United Church of Ferndale, 2034 Washington Street,
Ferndale

September 21, 12:00PM, First Congregational Church, 2034 Washington
Street, Ferndale

September 22, 2:00PM, The Willows, 3115 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham

FREE notary service is offered for those who complete their Advance Directive in the workshop.

The Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest advance directive document is used in this workshop. INFO: www.honoringchoicespnw.org

Sallie Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. Her most recent book, Advice for Future Corpses and Those Who Love Them, is a frank and open discussion about the medicalization of the dying experience and the choices we can make to make a ‘good death’ more likely. 

As a recent New York Times review said: “Tisdale does not write to allay anxieties but to acknowledge them, and she brings death so close, in such detail and with such directness, that something unusual happens, something that feels a bit taboo. She invites not just awe or dread—but our curiosity. And why not? We are, after all, just 'future corpses pretending we don’t know.'” 

Join us for this free public lecture and reading sponsored by the Palliative Care Institute and the PeaceHealth St Joesph's Medical Center Foundation.

FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.

FREE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

BELLINGHAM: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital

First Tuesday of each month, 4 – 6 PM & First Thursday of each month, 6 - 8 PM

SEDRO WOOLEY: United General Hospital Main cafeteria

Third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 PM

Conversations can make all the difference!  

Many workshops are scheduled in the next few months to help you explore your own choices with trained facilitators to help you prepare your advance directive.

Interactive discussions will guide you through the process of completing your Healthcare Directive and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.

As you may know, only about 30% of Americans have talked with their loved ones about their choices at the end of life, and even fewer have put these choices into writing.  Are you ready to document your choices?  

This workshop is facilitated by Hilary Walker, the Advance Care Planning Coordinator at PeaceHealth St Joseph's Medical Center. All workshops are open to anyone in the community over 18 years of age;

For more information contact: Hilary Walker. 360-752-5267 or hwalker@peacehealth.org

Register for the class that suits your schedule through the link below.